European Union: Directive on the accessibility requirements for products and services was adopted
Description
Directive on the accessibility requirements for products and services was adopted
On 9 April 2019, the Council adopted the Directive setting mandatory accessibility requirements for specified products and services to ensure their usability by persons with disabilities and to prevent divergent national regulations from disrupting …
Scope
Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Design requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: internet and telecom services, digital payment provider (incl. cryptocurrencies), streaming service provider, platform intermediary: e-commerce, other service provider, technological consumer goods
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2015-02-12
under deliberation
2019-04-09
adopted
2019-06-27
in grace period